Industrial Design Technology

Program Description

The ACC Industrial Design Technology program provides extensive hands-on training. Courses within the program includes basic principles of engineering drafting and design and advanced specialized training in piping and mechanical design. Students may choose a general Industrial Design Technology degree to study the various disciplines that ACC has to offer. Also available are specialization Industrial Design Technology to degrees for piping and mechanical design. This well-rounded education provides students with many opportunities and the necessary qualifications as entry-level designers.

Career Opportunities

Industrial Design professionals solve dimensional design problems, define and develop new products, design prototypes, build models, create digital representations of designs and create full-scale environments. A few areas of opportunity and industrial design technicians include piping design, mechanical design, land development, structural design, machine design, and fabrication. Alvin community college industrial design technology graduates have close to 100% job placement rate. Many students find employment prior to graduation. According to onetonline.org the average salary for industrial design technicians in Texas is between $43K and $60K, depending on specialization.